U.S. wind industry goes out with a bang

The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time surpassed 50,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity — enough to power 13 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said in a report issued on Thursday.

Wind developers have added 4,728 MW of wind power so far in 2012 with another 8,430 MW under construction, a record for this time of year, AWEA said.